Evaluation 2

Here is our only actor in our film opening, he is completely mute for the entire duration, we feel this adds to the mystery of who this character is, he is represented as being quite a hostile character, with a stern and serious expression on his face, as well as his clothes being a dull grey hoodie. Hoodies are often associated with crime, youths wearing hoodies with their hoodies up are portrayed to be in some kind of criminal gang. We decided against having the hood up because for the context of our film we thought it would

be a good idea to introduce our antagonist early. (The plot isn't about finding out who the antagonist is, its about how the protagonist is going to escape). Our protagonist has not been introduced, the opening doesn't tell us what the agenda of the antagonist is either. Much of it is shrouded in an enigma, which intends to keep the audience gripped and hopefully be interested in the film that follows.

We were very much inspired by the 'casual criminal' where the criminal doesn't look out of the ordinary, and in fact just looks like any other person except their facial expressions and body language show a bit more hostility. We were very much inspired by the character of Jesse Pinkman from Breaking Bad. A character who has just come out of his youth and started 'working.' He doesn't at all stand out as the criminal by what he wears, but the way he looks so stern and serious really gives off the vibe that he is not to be messed with, and is certainly portrayed as the antagonist (or anti-hero) purely through facial features and body language. His clothing tends to be quite dull which can connote that he is not a friendly character, and we have recreated that connotation in our film opening. (Although we tried to limit as much colour as we could, we felt that limiting the colour on our antagonist was extremely important for how he would be portrayed.